About this title: Long acknowledged as the inspiration for such modern masters as Julia Child and Claudia Roden, "A Book of Mediterranean Food" is Elizabeth David's passionate mixture of recipes, culinary lore, and frank talk. In bleak postwar Great Britain, when basics were rationed and fresh food a fantasy, David set about to cheer herself - and her audience - up with dishes from the south of France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Greece, and the Middle East. Some are sumptuous, many are simple, most are sublime.
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Viking Penguin, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1976
ISBN-13:9780140460278ISBN:0140460276
Description: Very Good + Second Revised Edition. VG+. Softcover, Mass Market size, 203 pp, b&w illustrations, light edgewear with slight age toning to pages, else a clean and tight copy. read more
Edition: 2nd Revised Edition
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: New York Review Book
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9781590170038ISBN:1590170032
Description: As New. No Jacket. Trade paperback in as new condition, mixture of recipes, culinary lore and frank talk, dishes are from the south of France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Greece and the Middle East, originally published in 1950. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: New York Review of Books
Date Published: 2002-05-01
ISBN-13:9781590170038ISBN:1590170032
Description: NEW. Softcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9781590170038. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: NYRB Classics
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9781590170038ISBN:1590170032
Description: New. Brand New! Buy with confidence-your satisfaction is guaranteed at B-Logistics! Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. Please note that Expedited shipping is not available at this time. read more
Edition: Second Revised Edition
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books
Date Published: 1975
ISBN-13:9780140460278ISBN:0140460276
Description: Good to Very Good. Light shelf wear only. Pages beginning to yellow. pp.203. including introduction and index. A seminal work, which did much to influence British cooking and eating habits. Illustrated with line drawings by John Minton. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: PENGUIN BOOKS LTD Country = UNITED KINGDOM
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780140273281ISBN:014027328X
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 224 pages. (224 pages) in bleak postwar great britain, when basics were rationed and fresh food a fantasy, the author set about to cheer herself-and her audience-up with dishes from the south of france, italy, spain, portugal, greece, and the middle east. this book presents her passionate mixture of recipes, culinary lore, and frank talk. illustrations (Paperback) read more
Description: Fine. EXCELLENT value for money and ready for dispatch. Delivery usually within 3/5 days. Our reputation is built on our Speedy Delivery Service and our Customer Service Team. read more
Description: Penguin Books, Middlesex, England, 1955; Good+; no d/j; Decorated with delightful illustrations by John Minton; Foxing, sun fading, and general wear, otherwise clean and unmarked pages. read more
Edition: First Thus
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Folio Society, London
Date Published: 2005
Description: MiNTON, John; McCARTHY, Sophie. Fine. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. (UK) No markings, Fine; no Dj; lacking the slipcase. Paper covered boards with design of olive fruit and leaves, gree colth spine with gold titles, green endapers, 265pp, index. This book first appeared in 1950 and is David's first book, based on recipes gathered when she lived in France, Italy, the Greek Islands, and Egypt. The original drawing by John Minton are augmented with watercolors of foodstuffs by McCarthy. A hadsome book. ... read more
Edition: Second edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Macdonald, London
Date Published: 1958
Description: VG. Very good condition with light shelf wear to covers, a little fading to spine, light soiling to page edges. No dust jacket. pp. 207. Illustrated with black and white drawings. read more
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Green cloth spine with gilt titles on papered pictorial boards
Publisher: The Folio Society, London
Date Published: 2006
Description: VG: in Very good condition with dark green slipcase. 265pp: Decorations by John Minton. Watercolours by Sophie MacCarthy: 260mm x 190mm (10" x 7") read more
Edition: 7th impression
Binding: hardbound
Publisher: John Lehmann, London
Date Published: 1955
Description: b&w drawings. Very Good in poor dustwrapper (large pieces gone front and rear panels) 8vo. Dustwrapper. 191pp. 7th impression of Elizabeth David's classic first book, which changed British cooking forever; illustrations throughout by John Minton; this copy has some light offset to endpapers, light toning to text block, very occasional foxed spots to prelims, o.w. Very Good and clean throughout; 4 x 11cm piece gone along top of front panel, top third of rear panel gone, price clipped; ... read more
Edition: Third Impression
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: John Lehman, London
Date Published: 1951
Description: Good to Very Good. 12mo. 191 pages. Illustrated with black and white drawings. Original cloth. Tight binding, with typical foxing to text block edges and title page, with some soiling from dust to top edge, and previous owner's name to front endpaper, otherwise an excellent copy without dustjacket. Not ex-library. Collectible. read more
Edition: First edition. First U. S. Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Horizon Press, New York
Date Published: 1952
Description: John Minton. Very good in very good dust jacket. D.j. shows only the slightest rubbing at the edges. A light stain on recto of rear free end paper, otherwise in near fine condition. 191p., ill., 21 cm. Recipes the author gathered while she lived and travelled in the Mediterranean. Good reading as well as a guide to cook by. read more
"Elizabeth David was one of the few cookbook authors who also knew how to tell a good story so searching for the perfect dish may take you a bit longer as you get caught up in the joy she felt with regards to good food and it's preparation. I have had friends stopped dead in their tracks because she called for a tea cup full of this or that and they demanded to know how much that might be of a full cup. For me I found in this a wonderful freedom. The kitchen at once became a place of heart, creativity, and joy. I have kept her in my library for 30 years and if told today I could only have just one cookbook it would be this one. I still credit her with the wonderful sense of adventure I feel standing over a hot stove and the sense of celebration as I sit down to share in a meal and good stories with friends."
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